How much donation to buy your kid a spot at a top school.

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<p>I was just thinking about this the other day: How much do you think it would cost in donations to reserve your kid a spot at a top 25 school? You could say it like this...</p>

<p>50k for georgetown</p>

<p>100k for Brown</p>

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<p>At least a million at any decent school. My parents fund raise for Dartmouth, you are over 7 figures before they take you seriously.</p>

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<p>Actually, more like $10 million for any to buy part of a building.</p>

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<p>I know a case where $1million bought an acceptance for a niece.</p>

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<p>fiddy cent for harvard</p>

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<p>id prob say much more then 10 grand each year since your kid was born</p>

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<p>id say 500k would get u into gtown....their endowment is only 660 mil lol</p>

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<p>Duke said in a New York Times article that it requires a $250K donation.</p>

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<p>The real question is, how much would it take to buy their love back once they realize what you did?</p>

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<p>ahaha...ahh 250 bones, thats chump change</p>

<p>aaha NOT!</p>

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The real question is, how much would it take to buy their love back once they realize what you did?

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<p>That question suggests a far too simplistic picture of donating; some individuals do not donate with the intent of reserving a place for their child, but rather do so because they have a personal interest in the intellectual development of a particular school. These interests can be obtained from one's academic relations, to mere affection for higher education, and so on.</p>

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<p>i bet i can guess which type of individuals there are more of though ;)</p>

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i bet i can guess which type of individuals there are more of though

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<p>Keep quessing. I do not intend on having children, but would be more than happy to donate...
...if I were to earn that much money in the first place.</p>

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<p>yea really...heres my order of priority...</p>

<p>family, big house, kicka$$ rides, (insert more selfish stuff in here), college donating</p>

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<p>Duke wants $250,000 and they let you in without question? I doubt it. I bet they want $250,000 a year. hahaha</p>

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<p>Doogie we think a lot a like.</p>

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<p>we are intelligent...thats why, see what harvard is missing out on</p>